Literacy legend had Lairdsville link
By Carol Sones Shelter - Reporter | Jan 28, 2021
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Born near Lairdsville, Harriet Jane Derr was photographed with daughter Bertelle, age three, husband John B. Laubach, and seven year old son Frank C. Laubach of Benton, Columbia County, PA. The latter would become known world-wide for his success in literacy in a program he developed titled “Each one Teach One.”
LAIRDSVILLE – Many individuals, especially educators, recognize the name Frank Charles Laubach as a missionary who fought illiteracy around the world. A quote linked to the late Benton born man was, “The ability to read is the key to the door of the world, and through them, to a world of understanding, instead of fear hate and superstition.”